Analysis of shell-like structures by the boundary element method based on 3-D elasticity: Formulation and verification

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 541-558

  Liu, Yijun ^a  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D elasticity; Boundary element method; Shell like structures

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CONVENTIONAL BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATION (CBIE);

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 0031997408     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19980215)41:3<541::AID-NME298>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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